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LFM2.5 VL 3B vs Llama 3.3 70B Instruct

LFM2.5 VL 3B (LiquidAI) and Llama 3.3 70B Instruct (Meta) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.

Snapshot as of 17 August 2026

As of 17 August 2026, LFM2.5 VL 3B holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#172 vs #174).

Which should you choose?

Choose LFM2.5 VL 3B if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #172 against #174 (21.3 vs 20.6 points).
  • you want the more recently listed model — LFM2.5 VL 3B was listed 11 August 2026, Llama 3.3 70B Instruct 6 December 2024.

Choose Llama 3.3 70B Instruct if…

  • you want provider choice — 12 listed API providers against 0.

LFM2.5 VL 3B vs Llama 3.3 70B Instruct: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of LFM2.5 VL 3B and Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
FieldLFM2.5 VL 3BLiquidAILlama 3.3 70B InstructMeta
ModelCap Index position#172#174
Index score21.320.6
EvidenceInheritedMeasured
Input price / 1M tokensUnlisted$0.10
Output price / 1M tokensUnlisted$0.32
Context window— tokens131K tokens
Max output tokens—16K
API providers listed012
Weight accessRestricted licenseGated access
Input modalitiesText, ImageText
First listed11 August 20266 December 2024
PublisherLiquidAIMeta

Evidence: finetune · finetune · 2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: LFM2.5 VL 3B vs Llama 3.3 70B Instruct

Public benchmark boards where LFM2.5 VL 3B or Llama 3.3 70B Instruct has a published result
BoardLFM2.5 VL 3BLlama 3.3 70B InstructLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)—13461339–1352Only one result
BFCL V4UC Berkeley (Gorilla)—31.9Function callingOnly one result

Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.

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LFM2.5 VL 3B vs Llama 3.3 70B Instruct: common questions

Is LFM2.5 VL 3B better than Llama 3.3 70B Instruct?

LFM2.5 VL 3B ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 17 August 2026: #172 against #174. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it.

Is LFM2.5 VL 3B cheaper than Llama 3.3 70B Instruct?

At least one of the two has no listed API price on ModelCap right now, so no price comparison is made.

Which has the bigger context window, LFM2.5 VL 3B or Llama 3.3 70B Instruct?

Both publish a —-token context window.

Which is better for coding, LFM2.5 VL 3B or Llama 3.3 70B Instruct?

The two models do not share a coding benchmark board on ModelCap yet, so no head-to-head coding score is published; the ModelCap Index position is the closest overall signal.

Are LFM2.5 VL 3B and Llama 3.3 70B Instruct open-weight models?

LFM2.5 VL 3B: Restricted license. Llama 3.3 70B Instruct: Gated access. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.

Where can I run LFM2.5 VL 3B and Llama 3.3 70B Instruct?

ModelCap currently lists 0 API providers for LFM2.5 VL 3B and 12 for Llama 3.3 70B Instruct, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this LFM2.5 VL 3B vs Llama 3.3 70B Instruct comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 17 August 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.

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